Our Trustees

Key Responsibilities 

• Chair of the Board of Trustees
• Chair Governance & Nominations Committee

Relevant Qualifications

• MA Business & Public Sector Strategy

Experience 

35 years' experience working in Health and Social Care, including Director level appointments. 

In recent years, Brenda has worked for a number of London Local Authorities and the NHS, including in Croydon, where her work focused on developing integrated care services with local people which aim to improve their health and well-being.   Throughout her career, a particular area of interest has been understanding different organisational cultures and strengthening relationships between professional groups which enable people to identify common ground and solutions to entrenched problems.   Most recently, she has been working on improvements to patient experience and discharge planning at one of our London hospitals.  

Brenda has had a long-term interest in end of life care issues from her time at Trinity Hospice in the 1980s.  In recent years, she has contributed to policy development through the National Board for Palliative and End of Life Care, and has been a member of the London End of Lifecare Network since 2013.   

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Brenda was born in Deptford where she still lives.    She is a Trustee of Lewisham Choral Society and is currently chair - trying to sustain members' motivation during Lockdown when both singing and gathering together are strictly off-limits. Not an easy task!

Key Responsibilities

• Treasurer
• Member of Finance Committee

Relevant Qualifications

• BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance
• Chartered Management Accountant

Experience

15 years of experience as an accountant.

Oumesh started his practice 12 years ago as a Chartered Management Accountant in Croydon. Prior to that Oumesh did his training with accountancy firms in South London.

His practice provides accountancy and tax services to micro and small businesses in Croydon and South London.

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Oumesh was born in Mauritius and went to University in Wolverhampton before moving to London. His hobbies include reading, cooking, football, formula 1 and technology advances.

Opama is the Head of Digital Place at Croydon Council. Her role is to enhance the borough through digital innovation, technology and infrastructure improvements to create a more efficient, sustainable place. 

Opama leads the digital connectivity and smart city programme in Croydon, supports growth and investment into Croydon’s tech sector as well as digital skills education and inclusion support for residents. 

Opama’s career has spanned corporate finance, management consultancy and investment management within the international corporate real estate sector, as well as inward investment and economic development. 

Experience:

Dee Davison is Director of Sustainability, Culture and Engagement at Deluxe Media Entertainment. She has worked in the media industry for 20 years in both commercial and public sector roles.

Dee began her career as a policy adviser in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport where she advised Ministers on issues including film tax relief, cultural policy, dance and European film support.

This was followed by a period investing public funds in growth strategies for film across the UK and leading industry wide campaigns promoting accessibility and sustainability of cinemas.

Since 2013, Dee has worked at Deluxe Media and Entertainment and held several corporate positions covering strategy, operations, property and CSR. She is now Global Director of Sustainability, leading the company efforts towards carbon reduction, sustainable corporate partnerships and workforce engagement.

Having spent many years volunteering with community initiatives and is passionate about the power of businesses to effect change through Corporate Social Responsibility.

Dee has a particular interest in improving the lives of older people. She is the Founder of Generations Café, an intergenerational initiative in Berkshire and spent many years volunteering with Re-Engage a charity supporting older people to make connections in their local communities.

Relevant Qualifications:

BSc. (Honors) in Business Information Systems, University Of Greenwich (UK)

Experience:

Imran brings over 20 years of international experience in advisory and leadership of global IT & Business Transformation programs, across HR, Financial and Supply Chain.

He has extensive experience across a variety of industries including, Consulting, Financial Services, Oil & Gas & Defense, working in Executive positions with multi-national Corporates, including The Prudential, Suncor Energy, Compass UK and Babcock International. As an experienced and passionate leader with hands-on experience of successfully delivering large-scale, complex digital transformation programmes.

Imran is currently working as Programme Director, with a boutique HR Advisory and Transformation Firm, AKT Global. He is responsible for the HRIS delivery function for key accounts within the UK Market.

Prior to joining AKT, Imran was appointed the Global Programme Director for Compass Group UK, where he led the IFRS 16 Global Finance Compliance Programme. He mobilised & led a global team of 100+ and implemented a global IFRS16 target operating model & Cloud based Accounting System for the finance function that was implemented across 42 countries.

Imran also spent 12yrs with Suncor Energy, most recently as Head of the Enterprise Applications Group and was part of the Senior Executive development programme. He successful lead IT and Business Transformation programmes across EMEA and North Africa.

Kofi has extensive experience within Human Resources specialising in Talent Acquisition. He is currently an internal Executive Search Partner for a FTSE 100 organisation.

Over his career he has partnered with numerous blue-chip organisations. In doing so he has gained an excellent understanding of organisational structures as well as how to identify and attract niche talent.

Beyond tactical talent acquisition he has delivered on strategic initiatives that support Inclusion and Diversity, Corporate Social Responsibility and recruitment process re-engineering. 

Outside of work he has been a volunteering with Age UK's telephone befriending service since 2023.

In addition he is the Founder of a global cycling community which uses wider representation as a tool to encourage more to participate in the sport. To date the community has raised thousands of pounds to support the provision of exercise opportunities for underprivileged children globally. 

Relevant qualification:

Ba Economics and Economic History.

Relevant Qualifications: TBC

Experience: TBC

Michael has 25+ years experience working within the IT sector, and is currently a Director of a London based Digital Agency. 

He started out in Copenhagen Denmark as a software developer and architect working with many local authorities and the Danish Parliament. 

In 2008 Michael moved to London where he continued, and still is, working with Digital Agencies. Michael typically takes the role of working with stakeholders across businesses, identifying how technology can bring value and facilitate that value being delivered. Michael leads Global and Cross Functional Teams by ensuring team composition matches the work ahead, and help translate the gap between tech and business needs to ensure scope and expectations are aligned.

Michael has previously been a volunteer in the AgeUK befriending service while living in east London, and when moving to Croydon reached out to AgeUK Croydon.

In his spare time, Michael can be found playing with his cat, or racing around UK tracks on a motorcycle.

Relevant Qualifications:

• Chartered Financial Planner
• Fellow of the Personal Finance Society
• Affiliate member of the Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
• Associate member of The Society of Later Life Advisers

Experience:

Charlotte is an independent financial adviser and has worked over 22 years working in the financial advisory sector. Charlotte currently works for a top 20 accountancy practice providing financial planning and wealth management advice to individuals, businesses, charities and trusts.

As an associate member of the Society of Later Life Advisers, Charlotte is recognised as a trusted adviser to help individuals, and their families, understand the complexities of financial planning when looking at issues such as care funding.

Charlotte is committed to utilise knowledge and skills from her career to Age UK Croydon.

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Charlotte lives in Croydon and is a member of a local choir.